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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 14]
TEXT 37
मैत्रेय उवाच
स्वसर्गस्याशिर्षं तोक्यामाशासानां प्रवेपतीम् । निवृत्तसन्ध्यानियमो भार्यामाह प्रजापतिः ॥३७॥
maitreya uvāca sva-sargasyāśiṣam lokyām āśāsānām pravepatīm nivṛtta-sandhyā-niyamo bhāryām āha prajāpatiḥ
maitreyaḥ uvāca —the great sage Maitreya said;  sva-sargasya —of her own children;  āśiṣam —welfare;  lokyām —in the world;  āśāsānām —desiring;  pravepatīm —while trembling;  nivṛtta —averted from;  sandhyā-niyamaḥ —the rules and regulations of evening;  bhāryām —unto the wife;  āha —said;  prajāpatiḥ —the progenitor.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Kaśyapa thus addressed his wife, who was trembling because of fear that her husband was offended. She understood that he had been dissuaded from his daily duties of offering evening prayers, yet she desired the welfare of her children in the world.
TEXT 38
कश्यप उवाच
अप्रायत्यादात्यनस्ते दोषान्मौहृतिकादुत । मषिदेशातिचारेण देवानां चातिहेलनात् ॥३८॥
kaśyapa uvāca aprāyatyād ātmanas te doṣān mauhūrtikād uta man-nideśāticāreṇa devānām cātihelanāt
kaśyapaḥ uvāca —the learned  brāhmaṇa  Kaśyapa said;  aprāyatyāt —because of the pollution;  ātmanaḥ —of the mind;  te —your;  doṣāt —because of defilement;  mauhūrtikāt —in terms of the moment;  uta —also;  mat —my;  nideśa —direction;  aticāreṇa —being too neglectful;  devānām —of the demigods;  ca —also;  atihelanāt —being too apathetic.